View Poll Results: Do you live/or have you lived in Japan??? | |||
Yes XD | 10 | 30.30% | |
No XP | 23 | 69.70% | |
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09-22-2008, 01:27 AM
Just so we aren't repeating ourselves, did you read these threads?
http://www.japanforum.com/forum/livi...ing-there.html http://www.japanforum.com/forum/gene...e-careers.html http://www.japanforum.com/forum/livi...ive-japan.html |
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09-22-2008, 07:31 AM
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Why Japan? For the most part, I can understand someone really wanting to visit here, but it's not so easy to understand why someone would want to live here. So many people think of Japan as a place to escape to. People who are unhappy with school, family, or life in general, and somehow think that going to a place where they aren't familiar with the food, culture, or language will somehow make them happy. I'm sorry to say, but "Happiness" isn't a place you can find on a map. Japan is not like anime or manga. Why do you think such things are popular here? Because they provide an escape from everyday Japanese life. You'll see middle-aged salarymen reading comic books on the train after a 12 hour workday. If you told one of them that you wanted to move to Japan from America, Australia, or Europe, they would probably tell you that you were crazy to want to move from such wonderful places to come here. I moved to Japan after taking three long vacations here. I've been to other places where I don't speak the language or understand the culture, so Japan was not a shock to me. Moving to Japan wasn't an escape for me, it was merely a move. For all that, I enjoy the culture and the history of Japan. I take weekend trips each week to see and experience different places, but I took such trips when I lived in America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle-East. Get out and see what your own country has to offer before leaving it for another. |
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09-22-2008, 07:56 AM
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I`ll take it to mean that "Reality is not to my liking - I want someone to tell me pretty things instead of what I really need to know." MMM writes truth, and I`ve rarely seen him be rude at all unless it was deserved. He`s nicer than I am, to say the least. |
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09-22-2008, 08:03 AM
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